Words that rhyme with flummery

  • armoury
    n 1: a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" [syn: armory, armoury, inventory] 2: all the weapons and equipment that a country has [syn: arsenal, armory, armoury] 3: a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms [syn: arsenal, armory, armoury] 4: a place where arms are manufactured [syn: armory, armoury, arsenal]
  • customary
    adj 1: in accordance with convention or custom; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake" 2: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)]
  • emery
    n 1: a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
  • gendarmerie
    n 1: French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively [syn: gendarmerie, gendarmery]
  • infirmary
    n 1: a health facility where patients receive treatment [syn: hospital, infirmary]
  • mammary
    adj 1: of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female
  • memory
    n 1: something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost" 2: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" [syn: memory, remembering] 3: the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" [syn: memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity] 4: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" [syn: memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board] 5: the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
  • mummery
    n 1: meaningless ceremonies and flattery [syn: mummery, flummery]
  • perfumery
    n 1: perfumes in general 2: store where perfumes are sold 3: an establishment where perfumes are made 4: the art of making perfumes
  • primary
    adj 1: of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" [ant: secondary] 2: not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct" 3: most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)] 4: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary, elemental, primary] 5: of primary importance [syn: basal, primary] n 1: a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen [syn: primary, primary election] 2: one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing [syn: primary, primary feather, primary quill] 3: (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it 4: coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil" [syn: primary coil, primary winding, primary]
  • rosemary
    n 1: widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery [syn: rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis] 2: extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats
  • summary
    adj 1: performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice" [syn: drumhead, summary] 2: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide- ranging subject" [syn: compendious, compact, succinct, summary] n 1: a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions" [syn: summary, sum-up]
  • summery
    adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer; "summery weather"; "summery dresses" [ant: autumnal, vernal, wintery, wintry]
  • supernumerary
    adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] n 1: a person serving no apparent function; "reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries" 2: a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: supernumerary, spear carrier, extra]
  • calamary
    n 1: (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn: squid, calamari, calamary]
  • montgomery
    n 1: Canadian novelist (1874-1942) [syn: Montgomery, L. M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery] 2: English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976) [syn: Montgomery, Bernard Law Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein] 3: the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River [syn: Montgomery, capital of Alabama]
  • shimmery
    adj 1: glistening tremulously; "the shimmery surface of the lake"; "a dress of shimmery satin"
  • emory
  • amory
  • bloomery

See also flummery definition and flummery synonyms